February 25, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm WMRC Lecture Series: Why is Alpine gold (Hulsea algida) sticky? Insects trapped in glandular trichomes of a showy high alpine aster. Online Zoe Wood, UC Davis PhD student, and 2024 WMRC Mini-Grant recipient will be discussing her research on the glandular alpine plant Hulsea algida. This event is free & open to the public. Registration is required, please visit the provided URL. This talk will be recorded & posted to our YouTube channel at a later date. FREE
March 13, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm WMRC Lecture Series:100 Years of Piper v Big Pine-The Alice Piper Story with Sage Romero Owens Valley Station 3000 E Line St., Bishop, CA, United States Join Big Pine Paiute tribal member Sage Romero as he discusses the Piper v Big Pine case that set the precedent for Brown v Board of Education. This event is free and open to the public. It will be recorded and posted to our YouTube channel at a later date. FREE
March 18, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm WMRC Lecture Series: Insect population ecology in the Sierra Nevada- a 40 year perspective with Dr. Nathan Rank Owens Valley Station 3000 E Line St., Bishop, CA, United States The willow leaf beetle Chrysomela aeneicollis lives at high altitude in the South-central Sierra Nevada, from near Mount Whitney to Yosemite. This California insect has been the focus of studies of ‘Evolution in Action’ since the 1980s, when Dr. John Smiley (former WMRC station manager) and then graduate student Nathan Rank conducted experiments examining relationships… Continue reading WMRC Lecture Series: Insect population ecology in the Sierra Nevada- a 40 year perspective with Dr. Nathan Rank
March 20, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm WMRC Lecture Series: Getting chased up the mountain- life at high elevation in the face of environmental change with Dr. Elizabeth Dahlhoff Owens Valley Station 3000 E Line St., Bishop, CA, United States Join us for another special presentation about the longest-running research project at WMRC. FREE
April 10, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm WMRC Lecture Series: The Inyo-White Mountains Cambrian Explosion Owens Valley Station 3000 E Line St., Bishop, CA, United States Bill Krebs, UCLA & WMRC alumni will be presenting on the Cambrian fossil history of the White Mountains. The Cambrian Explosion was a seminal event in the history of life on Earth. It occurred ~ 541 mya at the beginning of the Cambrian Period and is characterized by the first appearance of abundant mineralized invertebrates,… Continue reading WMRC Lecture Series: The Inyo-White Mountains Cambrian Explosion FREE
April 12, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Fieldtrip: Cambrian Fossils in the White Mountains Bill Krebs will be leading a 4x4 and hiking field trip to the White Mountains to see Cambrian Explosion fossil deposits. 4X4 vehicles are required. To reduce vehicle impacts please carpool or request a ride with WMRC. A caravan will meet at Owens Valley Station at 9 a.m. and return around 4:00 p.m. The group… Continue reading Fieldtrip: Cambrian Fossils in the White Mountains $20.00
April 17, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm WMRC Lecture Series: 50 Years of Bighorn Sheep Research with Dr. John Wehausen Owens Valley Station 3000 E Line St., Bishop, CA, United States Dr. John D. Wehausen is an applied population ecologist who has studied bighorn sheep populations in California since 1974. He has carried out intensive studies of bighorn sheep populations in the White and Inyo Mountains in addition to the Sierra Nevada. In 1995 John helped found the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation and has served… Continue reading WMRC Lecture Series: 50 Years of Bighorn Sheep Research with Dr. John Wehausen FREE
June 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Plein Air Painting at Crooked Creek Crooked Creek Reserve , United States Instructions and details for attending will be posted at a later date. $25.00
August 10, 2025 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm Barcroft Station Open Gate Day Barcroft Station CA, United States For those wishing to climb White Mountain Peak, WMRC will open the locked gate to the Barcroft Station for vehicle parking.